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July 14, 2022
Alex Shephard
Has Elon Musk Already Ruined Twitter?
The Tesla mogul proved his critics wrong—by coming up with a way to wreck the social media company that they never could have expected.
July 1, 2022
Julian Epp
The Increasingly Sad Tweets of Jeff Bezos
The billionaire union-buster’s quest to ape Elon Musk has been a cringey, slow-motion train wreck.
June 7, 2022
Timothy Noah
Bezos Was Wrong, and Biden Was Right: Taxing the Wealthy Will Help Tame Inflation
A new report in The Wall Street Journal unintentionally sheds light on what economists, including Lawrence Summers, have long known: Higher taxes reduce spending.
June 1, 2022
Matt Ford
Supreme Court Hands Social Media Giants a Win but Invites Conservatives to Try Their Luck Again
A shadow-docket decision spared Facebook and Twitter from a Texas law that would have prevented them from moderating their platforms.
May 9, 2022
MagazineAlex Shephard
Donald Trump’s Brazen Bid to Control MAGA Minds
TRUTH Social is supposed to compete with Twitter. So far, it’s been a mess. And Trump may go back to Twitter anyway. But it still could work out to be a killer grift.
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April 26, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Case for Not Worrying (Too Much) About Elon Musk Taking Over Twitter
The Tesla CEO’s plans are grandiose—and vague.
April 5, 2022
Alex Shephard
Twitter’s Elon Musk Trap
The billionaire and self-declared “free speech absolutist” now owns 9.2 percent of the social network.
February 22, 2022
MagazinePam Segall
Donald Trump’s Dead Tweets
The former president’s tweets are gone. What does that mean for the record of online journalism and future historians?
October 21, 2021
Alex Shephard
Do You Want to Get in on the Ground Floor of Trump’s Dumb New Social Media Site?
The former president has come up with a way to get back into the limelight and make a quick buck.
August 17, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Facebook Wants to Ban the Taliban. It’s Another War That Can’t Be Won.
The Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan is an extreme, though not entirely unique, test case for the power and the peril of these platforms.
July 7, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Trump’s Social Media Lawsuit Is Doomed to Fail (and Work Exactly as Planned)
The former president’s class-action suit against Twitter and Facebook is a typically ham-fisted grab for power and money. It can die in the courts and still serve him well.
June 30, 2021
MagazineKyle Chayka
The Rise of the Very Online Novel
It’s easy to hate the internet. Patricia Lockwood is the rare writer who delights in its chaos.
June 10, 2021
Liza Featherstone
The Madness of Naomi Wolf
The “Beauty Myth” author has gone from being a feminist icon to an anti-vaxxer banned by Twitter. But she’s always struggled with the truth.
May 19, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Bitcoin Keeps Falling, but Everything Is Fine Among the Crypto True Believers
As Bitcoin’s price fell by up to 30 percent, its partisans went on Clubhouse and Twitter to offer reassurances and advice to “go outside, go exercise—just don’t follow the swings.”
May 5, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Even Facebook’s Handpicked “Supreme Court” Thinks Its Policies Are a Joke
The Facebook Oversight Board upheld Trump’s ban, but ridiculed the company in the process: “In applying a vague, standardless penalty ... Facebook seeks to avoid its responsibilities.”
April 9, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Twitter Is Enabling Saudi Arabia’s Brutal Crackdown on Dissent
The jailing of a dissident and two lawsuits reveal Twitter’s complicity with MBS’s dictatorship.
February 10, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Does Jack Dorsey Have Any Clue What He’s Doing?
Twitter has permanently banned Donald Trump. But the social media company lacks a viable, long-term strategy for dealing with toxic users.
January 22, 2021
Alex Shephard
Don’t Fire People for Dumb Tweets
The Niskanen Center bowed to fake outrage from bad-faith right-wing trolls when it fired Will Wilkinson.
January 14, 2021
Jacob Silverman
The Incredible Power and Learned Helplessness of Twitter and Facebook
The social media giants that deplatformed Trump claim to be unable to stop the spread of hate, lies, conspiracy theories, and fascistic plots.
January 7, 2021
Nick Martin
Elites Have Extracted What They Needed From Trump. Now They Can Discard Him.
Much like mosquitoes or bed bugs, they can hop on and off a host president as needed.

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